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Ella Fitzgerald broke new ground in American music, toppling racial and cultural barriers to become the Queen of Jazz. Travel back to 1930s Harlem, a time of bustling artistic expression, where Ella got her start at the legendary Apollo theatre, winning over crowds with the purity of her voice. Move through six decades of her distinguished career, kindled to life by scintillating performance footage, archival photographs and interviews with Smokey Robinson, Tony Bennett and other giants of the genre. Infused with a soundtrack of Ella Fitzgerald’s most enduring jazz, bebop and traditional standards, this joyful documentary venerates the voice that defined a century.